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Green Flash 2008 Surfs Up Symposium IPA

Green Flash 2008 Surfs Up Symposium IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Vista, California USA

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383.98/5.03.93/5.0Special7%98.7 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

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The 2008 Surf's Up Symposium IPA was brewed San Diego Style: highly quaffable,pale in color with a lighter body and profound emphasis on hop extravaganza. 7% ABV, 75 IBU and 1.065O.G. Brewed and bottled by Green Flash Brewing, San Diego, California.

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 Magic_dave6 (3536), London, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20

May 9, 2008  
Bottle thanks to wetherell. Aroma is cara/toffee malts, grapefruity, very fruity and citrus, similar to bigfoot actually. Taste is similar, however finish perhaps finishes a bit quickly for me.

 jjpm74 (2760), Connecticut, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Pours gold with a white pillowy head. Smells of resin, touches of spice, some oranges, hints of sweet malt, yeasty. Tastes bitter with some nice resiny hints and touches of sweet malt. Sometimes direct is good and this is definitely a straight shooter.


 jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 5, 2008  
12oz bottle @Joe’s NYC Gathering-thanks eyedrinkable–pours a white ring with gold color. Aroma is resin/pine. who cares but there is secondary medium malt-caramel. Taste is resin/pine, equal medium malt-caramel. Mild/minimal carbonation.


 JoeMcPhee (3643), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Big thanks to Eyedrinkale for bringing a few of these out. Orange golden beer with little head. Aroma is very hoppy. Loaded with pine and orange citrus. Bright and fresh and very tasty. Lean-bodied and dry with a nice chewy resiny spicy hoppiness. Sweet, rich and grapefruity. Delicious.


 tomthompson89 (1051), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/518/20
Jun 27, 2008  
Bottle brought back from Craft brewers conference, by Jason from Cameron’s, nice amber copper color good foamy head nose is hops but also a sweet perfume, flavor is pine hops lotsa caremel malts well carbonated with a creamy mouthfeel.


 puzzl (1651), New York, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 26, 2008  
Bottle shared by EDA at Joe’s. Lots of Christmasy hops in the aroma, light caramel malt. Powerful, out of balance bitter winter hops in the flavor. Very bitter and intense overall. This is one of those IPAs that to me sits precariously between IPA and IIPA... a bad place to be if you ask me. The hops are too much for a normal IPA, but would be fine for a IIPA but would need more malt to back them up.




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